Marianna Zappi

Marianna started singing at a very young age back in her home country, Italy, where she started taking lessons with Lorena Scaccia, one of the best and most recognized vocal coaches in the country. That was in 1991.She hasn't stopped ever since.

Marianna took part in quite a few tv programs nationally and opened many concerts for very important Italian artists likeGiorgia, Gilda Giuliani, I "Cugini di Campagna" and many others until her international career started in 2001, when after having gone to a Gospel concert in her hometown, she was recruited by the same choir to embark on a tour that lasted nearly 4 years and saw her become "the white girl with the black voice".

Following the release of The Time Is Now Ep, Marianna won an award for BEST UK UNSIGNED HYPE ACOUSTIC ACT 2013

USH - UK UNSIGNED HYPE and was nominated for MtvBrandNew Artist 2014 , HARD ROCK RISING 2014 - THE GLOBAL BATTLE OF THE BAND NOMINEE .

More Recently she has taken part to the Jazz Cafe Competion "Who's Got the hits" and she won the February Edition".

Marianna recently gained the attention of BBC radio introducing with one of her new projects in collaboration with Duane Flames: M&D the drug.

Marianna is now working on her second Ep with producer Marrik Shearer, which is due for release in 2016.

With a series of projects and collaborations in the pipeline, after having taken part in the 2016 edition of the XFactor UK, Marianna is now ready to begin a new journey that will see the release of a new body of work very soon.